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Educational Psychology

A guide to research at the Hunter Libraries for students in the Educational Psychology program.

Where's the full-text

To Find Articles:

  1. From any database use FIND IT to determine the availability of the journal article you are looking for, or, if you are not already within a database, search the Journal Title List or CUNY+ to determine whether Hunter College owns the journal title, volume, and issue you need.
  2. If a journal is available at Hunter College, do not request article via Interlibrary loan
  3. If a journal is unavailable at Hunter College, request article via Interlibrary loan
  4. If a Hunter College journal is missing, request it via ILL with note.
  5. Articles and book chapters are delivered in PDF format.
  6. Include the ISSN number for fastest ILL delivery.

Choosing a database

How do you decide which database(s) are the best fit for your needs?
  • Subject
    • Psychology, Education, Art, ...
  • Type of information desired
    • Scholarly articles, current news stories, statistics…
  • Availability and format of full-text
    • Full-text online, abstract only, PDF (page images), HTML (text only)...
  • Coverage dates
    • Historical documents, current events, specific years...

Keep in mind there is no one, magical database that will give you everything you need.

On the library databases page, you can narrow the long list down by Subject, by database type (full-text, index, etc.), or you can click on the orange question mark to the right of each database name to read a brief summary of the contents of a given database.  See below.

For example, here is the pop-up that explains what you need to know about the database JSTOR:

The box above tells you a lot about the resource. If you are looking for information on a current topic, or are working in a field where things change rapidly and you need to be on the cutting edge, JSTOR will probably not be the best place for you to search. Why? Because you will be missing out on the most current 2-5 years' worth of information. Know before you search!